Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration.

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed.

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute.